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NO more relationships with 'girls next door'!; - after TWO in the 'Priory Street Posse'!

‘True Love Reigns’ after another break lasting many years. With a truly slow, dreamy, so ROMANTIC love affair with “ma (Menopausal) Grandma Julia Conyard next door”… With her equally unmissable and unforgettable wayward foster daughter Rachel Conyard-Whorewould! From 7/7/7 – with a whole sixteen month timeout surrounding all of 2008 - right up to about 9/9/9… The fifth part of his autobiography, covering 2007 into 2009 with the theme “With Doctors like these, who needs Enemies?” FOURFold il Professori Emeritus sed moltissimo Modestus Mr Simon Richard ‘Pilchard’ Day Lee BA MA (Cambridge) CEng MIEE MIET MInstMC Electric Zen Buddha (as on Face Book)

‘True Love Reigns’ after another break lasting many years. With a truly slow, dreamy, so ROMANTIC love affair with “ma (Menopausal) Grandma Julia Conyard next door”…

With her equally unmissable and unforgettable wayward foster daughter Rachel Conyard-Whorewould!

From 7/7/7 – with a whole sixteen month timeout surrounding all of 2008 - right up to about 9/9/9…

The fifth part of his autobiography, covering 2007 into 2009 with the theme “With Doctors like these, who needs Enemies?”

FOURFold il Professori Emeritus sed moltissimo Modestus Mr Simon Richard ‘Pilchard’ Day Lee BA MA (Cambridge) CEng MIEE MIET MInstMC

Electric Zen Buddha (as on Face Book)

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Suddenly I seemed to have had an immense slice of good luck.<br />

For <strong>the</strong>re was only one much smaller alternative to Lulu Press<br />

Inc, it turned out, which would be very hard to change to.<br />

However <strong>the</strong>re was a Google Adword Advert on <strong>the</strong> very top of<br />

<strong>the</strong> page that I would very much have liked to f<strong>in</strong>d if I was<br />

look<strong>in</strong>g for such a th<strong>in</strong>g – for <strong>the</strong> Large American Literary<br />

Agency www.wlwritersagency.com or Writers’ Literary Agency.<br />

I explored <strong>the</strong>ir website and it seemed right up my street –<br />

<strong>the</strong>y were currently recruit<strong>in</strong>g new authors like me and also had<br />

both ‘Christian’ and ‘non-fiction – religion and spirituality’<br />

categories. I left it too depressed to th<strong>in</strong>k about fill<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

brief questionnaire and <strong>the</strong>n wait<strong>in</strong>g ‘2-3 days’ to see whe<strong>the</strong>r<br />

my book ‘Scientific Proof’ might <strong>in</strong>terest <strong>the</strong>m and <strong>the</strong>y ask me<br />

to send <strong>the</strong> manuscript. The first part of <strong>the</strong> <strong>next</strong> day,<br />

Wednesday 24 th June, soon got me riled up enough and out of<br />

my depression to do all that, <strong>after</strong> sleep<strong>in</strong>g on it, exhausted<br />

<strong>with</strong> stress!<br />

Two negative th<strong>in</strong>gs happened on Wednesday morn<strong>in</strong>g 24 th<br />

June, followed by a brief very positive hour 12.30pm-1.30pm at<br />

<strong>the</strong> M<strong>in</strong>d Club, where I got pepped up by several helpers and<br />

friends <strong>the</strong>re. The first negative th<strong>in</strong>g was <strong>the</strong> sound of my<br />

books that only just <strong>the</strong> previous Thursday, I had confirmed<br />

had arrived at <strong>the</strong> agent David Higham Associates, thump<strong>in</strong>g to<br />

<strong>the</strong> floor of my hall – once <strong>more</strong> returned <strong>with</strong> just an unsigned<br />

standard note! Then I faxed Lulu a second time <strong>after</strong> fax<strong>in</strong>g<br />

<strong>the</strong>m at <strong>the</strong> weekend. At <strong>the</strong> M<strong>in</strong>d Club that followed, Lena,<br />

one of <strong>the</strong> care workers, commented I was very tense – so I<br />

expla<strong>in</strong>ed some of my problems and feel<strong>in</strong>gs – and <strong>with</strong> her<br />

encouragement, left early, got home and at length filled out a<br />

submission questionnaire for ‘Christian’ books on <strong>the</strong> Writers<br />

Literary Agency site. There was no way to submit my<br />

autobiographical books, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g this one, so I emailed Sherry,<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir acquisitions director, attach<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong>m. Then I waited <strong>in</strong><br />

tenterhooks to see if <strong>the</strong>y really would reply by Saturday – <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

promised ‘2-3 days’. Meanwhile at very long last <strong>the</strong>re was a<br />

one-l<strong>in</strong>e email from Lulu – say<strong>in</strong>g just ‘thank you for your<br />

patience. Your account is on payment hold but sales are still<br />

reported – but <strong>the</strong>re have been no sales for you s<strong>in</strong>ce January’!<br />

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